As more people reveal their whereabouts on social networks, a new site has sprung up to remind you that letting everyone know where you are – and, by extension, where you’re not – could leave you vulnerable to those with less-than-friendly intentions. The site’s name says it all: Please Rob Me.
Launched last week, Please Rob Me is exceptionally straightforward. Pretty much all it does is show posts that appear on Twitter from a location-sharing service, Foursquare.
Please Rob Me puts these posts into a long, chronological list it refers to as “Recent Empty Homes.”
Reminds me of my neighbors. They are so stupid that when they go on vacation, they ask friends and family on Facebook to watch over their house. :rolleyes: Maybe I’ll find their house on this site.
It was funny…after Christmas, I was shocked to see a lot of folks in my neighborhood advertising for theives. Boxes for 72" Flat-Screen TVs, Playstations, and various other high-end electronics all nicely displayed on the curb; it was like a low-life’s window shopping fantasy.
I saw a bit on this a week or two ago. The funny part is where they showed snippets from the newspapers in the 70s and 80s saying the same thing about Answering machines, etc.
Not me, dawg. I’m pretty old school. I think I’m the only male under 30 in the nation without a single videogame in the house. If any crooks want state-of-the-art consumer electronics, the only thing they’ll get off of me is a cordless phone, and a heavily abused PC.
Naw, boy-genius here bought his computer as a dedicated music workstation. So I had the awesome idea of nuking any and all non-“essential” software programs, like word, and excel, and office. :rolleyes:
Then I proceeded to perform a system backup after that. Now that I’ve given up on my aspirations for rock-goddom, I have a computer that’s good for surfing and photoshop. Need to freshen up the resume? Gotta borrow the wife’s laptop. System recovery = the red loctite of the computing world. Let’s hear it for brash, impetuous decisions!
there is an iPhone app that provides the same info, and I think even long/lat. Granted, it posts to facebook where your friends can see it, but if you dont have your privacy settings correct, you might be inviting the world.
I also try to take caution with the boxes tossed to the curb.
That’s one of the reasons I don’t use Facebook, I don’t care to have everybody know what I’m doing. Come on, what’s the real point? I’m not that bored, yet.
I’m 29, no gaming consoles in my house either, so don’t feel alone:). The only new electronics I have are all security related. I actually get more enjoyment from watching my security cameras than I do watching TV:p At least I know what I see isn’t bullshit.
EDIT: dbrowne1, thanks for the idea, im gonna make my status on face book “taking a big dump” and maybe the “hey, look at me” people will get the point, but I doubt it.
I finally got a Facebook account. I restrict it to friends only, not friends of friends, etc and am selective on who I make a friend. I don’t post very often but occasionally make a statement. I tend to comment on friend’s statements more, especially the liberal progressive ones who post stupid stuff.
If we are out of town, I usually don’t post about it until I get back, and then it is some pics to share with this close circle of our trip.
I have a twitter account. I have logged in maybe 3 times and posted 2 times. In a year. Main reason was to see how Twitter worked as someone who owed me money was a big shot on Twitter.
I don’t see the real benefit to telling people my day to day moves. It is useful though to keep track of people I might want to keep in touch with.
Your curmudgeonly refusal to join the masses flocking to internet networking sites mirrors my own. I just don’t see the point. My mother recently joined Facebook…and it took a grand total of a week for a boyfriend she had when she was 16 to contact her through it.
I can’t tell you how many times ex GF’s have tried to “add” me as a friend, or people from HS that I barely knew and don’t really give a sweet crap what they are doing at this point. :rolleyes:
I use it to maintain easy contact with friends from the military, immediate family and such. Too many folks try to find their “soul mate”, stir up childish drama or just live vicariously through the exploits of others on social networking sites.
